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a retaining system to minimise the impact vegetable that contribute to an aromatic sunlit space, ensuring long and generous
on the existing topography. environment, and serving as a living space flower blooms all year long, while
for a wide variety of pollinators, including sheltering the surrounding fauna. To
Building with nature butterflies. The wall has been designed foster the presence of butterflies, shrubs
Thus, a vertical garden based on with considerations of the importance and herbaceous species with outstanding
Krainer wall technology was proposed, of orientation and protection from the blooming qualities and bright, contrasted
which is an innovative system based on elements, including wind. The wall flowering have been selected. Native
bioengineering applied to the landscape. converts it into a protected and intensely plants, adapted to local conditions, have
As a natural retaining system, it generates
a large green terrace, including a suitable
and accessible space for new graves,
allowing for the integration of existing
trees and adding new local species.
It is designed to be built quickly with
natural materials from the immediate
surroundings.
The technology combines dead and
living materials, often called ‘live mesh’. It
evolves over time, relating the degradation
of dead elements (trunks) with the roots
and the growth of living elements (shrubs
and bushes). A natural dynamic evoking
the life cycle: a concept intrinsic to the
idiosyncrasy of a cemetery as a meeting
point between people and their ancestors
over time.
The Krainer wall has a length of 304,5
ml, a height of 1,5 m, and a base width of 2
m + 1 m of path. It is located on the inner
slope of the garden terrace, releasing a
large green meadow and viewpoint.

Building for nature
The Krainer wall is the most appropriate
place for the ‘Butterfly Garden’, a new
burial space hosting different species of

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